LVN Medical Coordinator at National Health Foundation – Los Angeles, California

Medical Coordinator/LVN

The Medical Coordinator works in our Recuperative Care Program to provide post-hospital care, while creating a healthy, safe, and home like environment for guest quality of life. Medical Coordinators have excellent bed side manners, are team players and have a “whatever it takes” attitude. The Recuperative Care Program provides quality and compassionate care and empowers those we serve.

Responsibilities and Initiatives

To help NHF meet its growth goals, the Medical Coordinator will:

• Facilitating hospital discharge process and patient assessment/engagement to program.
• Performing medical assessment intake and discharge plan of care.
• Maintaining current guest chart via existing CRM database.
• Conducting medical/wellness checks, vital signs monitoring, medication regimen education, preventative measures, and medical insurance follow up.
• Coordinating and providing linkages for guest’s medical appointments and follow-up.
• Collaborate with Intake to ensure appropriate eligibility to recuperative care services and admission process, including procurement of required DMEs and Home Health needs.
• Participating in weekly internal and external case conferencing, board review team meetings, monthly staff meetings, trainings, and in-services.
• Communicating with insurance, hospital partners, and/or other referring parties on plan of care, guest progress, and guest’s needs as appropriate.
• Provide advocacy on guest behalf when needed and in tandem with LVN manager, Nurse Practitioner Administrator, or Director’s instructions.
• Recognition of, management of, and response to emergency medical conditions.
• Tracking and completing guest information on existing database, as well as any required platform, specific to progress and plan of care.
• Performing administrative tasks such as charting, guest summaries and answering phones.
• Additional tasks as required to meet the needs of the facility, not to impede primary responsibilities.

Requirements

• LVN License with current board certification in the state of California. (Licensure must be reflected and current on the CA Breeze website)
• Current American Heart Association BLS (Basic Life Support- CPR/First Aid/AED)
• Up-to-date TB test and immunizations.
• Recent work experience with homeless patients (preferred).
• Bilingual in Spanish (preferred).
• Proven ability to stay calm and focused when working under stressful situations.
• Experience working with substance abuse and dually diagnosed guests, as well as patients from diverse socio-economic, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds.
• Reliable transportation and if applicable, current auto insurance.
• Effective communication and social skills are essential to build and maintain relationships with guests and fellow employees.
• Proven ability to meet challenging deadlines, prioritize and organize effectively.
• Computer proficiency in MS Word, Excel, Outlook, web browser and proficient typing skills.

Physical Requirements

The duties as described will required frequent standing and walking, as well as extended sitting. The employee will frequently bend/stoop, squat, reach above the shoulders, twist, and turn, kneel, and push/pull. The employee will frequently be required to lift/pull/push/move up to 50 pounds. Must utilize conversational speech for effective verbal communication. Noise level is high in some guest care areas. Must be able to hear equipment alarms, overhead pages, and direct verbal communication.